n.
[Cf. F. engorgement.]
1. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
2. (Med.) An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion. Hoblyn.
3. (Metal.) The clogging of a blast furnace.
engorgement
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noun
- The condition of being full to or beyond satisfaction: repletion, satiation, satiety, surfeit. See excess/insufficiency/enough, full/empty/capacity.
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
congestion with blood
Meaning #2:
eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation
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